Comments on: Reborn! (anime/manga) http://sleepisfortheweak.org Version 2.0: Hell Freezes Over Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:15:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Red http://sleepisfortheweak.org/reviews/micros/reborn#comment-10987 Red Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:53:45 +0000 http://sleepisfortheweak.org/reviews/micros/reborn#comment-10987 So I'm guessing you never got to volume eight and nine or the genre shift volumes because it went from comedy/parody to action/adventure of a generic shonen. I wonder if Longchamp shall ever be re-introduced because I certainly wasn't expecting Irie to be reintroduced as an antagonist. So I’m guessing you never got to volume eight and nine or the genre shift volumes because it went from comedy/parody to action/adventure of a generic shonen. I wonder if Longchamp shall ever be re-introduced because I certainly wasn’t expecting Irie to be reintroduced as an antagonist.

]]> By: melantho http://sleepisfortheweak.org/reviews/micros/reborn#comment-9932 melantho Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:08:22 +0000 http://sleepisfortheweak.org/reviews/micros/reborn#comment-9932 Reborn is GREAT. Yes, it's parody, but it's not bitingly satirical or anything; there's still that earnest shounen tone in there, and the characters are really good...a special villain prize goes to Belphegor and Squalo. My one complaint with this manga is that, like every shounen ever, the fights are too long. The fight against Xanxus works well as a parody, what with the 'ULTIMATE WEAPON' gimmick being pulled out again and again, but it got kind of tedious. Most of the fights since then have been okay, but that was definitely a weak bit. and re: pandering to female readers: all the khr fans I know are girls...totally understandable, given that nearly all the main characters are bishounen. Reborn is GREAT. Yes, it’s parody, but it’s not bitingly satirical or anything; there’s still that earnest shounen tone in there, and the characters are really good…a special villain prize goes to Belphegor and Squalo.
My one complaint with this manga is that, like every shounen ever, the fights are too long. The fight against Xanxus works well as a parody, what with the ‘ULTIMATE WEAPON’ gimmick being pulled out again and again, but it got kind of tedious. Most of the fights since then have been okay, but that was definitely a weak bit.

and re: pandering to female readers:
all the khr fans I know are girls…totally understandable, given that nearly all the main characters are bishounen.

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